Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-22
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF
THE DAKOTA FARMERS
ALLIANCE.
Clear Lake, OAK, April 5, 81.
10 the Officers and Members of Local
Alliances thrnuphout the Territory.

Clear Lake, OAK, April 8, 81.
TO the Officers and Members of Local
Alliances throughout the Territory.
GENTLEMEN:-In few days thepur-
chasing agent, j. b. Wolgemuth, will
send you his price list on harv esting
machinery, mowers, hay rakes, wagons,
farm scales, binding twine, and will
ask for estimates on the Quantity ind
kind of coal you may want next winter.
10 secure these low prices, he has had
to pledge the support of the members
of the Local Alliances in Dakota to the
manufacturer named, and our success
in the future depends largely on the
encouragement you give this effort. Do
not order unless you can comply with
the instructions Of Mr.. Wolgemuth.-
We must do our business on business
principles if we expect to succeed. To q
void all delays would suggest that you
call meeting of your Alliance for the
purpose of ordering your machinery
aud twine for Saturday, May 21st or
sooner if you think best, and where
you have county organizations, call
meeting for May 28th, so that where
Local Alliance does not want car
load, two or more may unite III order
ing a car load and thereby save in
freight.
| MIR. Wolgemuth will not be able to
give you prices ontwine at present (for
reasons which he cannot give) the quot
ations are higher than last year, but
the prices to the Alliances will be the
lowest that can be had. Get your Or
ders in shape so that when he sends
you blanks to fill, you will be ready and
you can depend that Mr.. Wolgemuth
| (together with our assistance) will do
his best and the larger the order the
lower the price. For the amount of
coal you want for next winter l would
suggest, that you call meeting Of your
Alliance for Saturday, June 25th and
+! send IN your orders promptly. This
will enable the purchasing agent to
place his orders in July when contracts
are usually made and can be made at
better figures than at a later date
State IN your order when you want
your coal delivered, the kind of coal,
etc.
That every member may be duly
notified, l would adyise that you have
postal cards printed and mailed to each
in ample time for each meeting, stating
the special object of the meeting.
For the purpose of giving the manu-
facturers complete confidence in you,
have your goods consigned to the care
of your banker or other responsible
party. Where you may not have the
cash, such security as will satisfy your
banker will satisfy the manufacturer,
and by this method we will inspire con-
fidence and secure bottom prices, and
thereby place ourselves in a position
to do much better in the future.
Yours traterna!ly,
Fl. L. LUuCKs.
The above coming from our presid-
ent Mr.. II. Il. Loucks, is timely and
should be needed, Il is full of solid
thought from the word go and will re-
ceive my very greatest efforts and /
will here state that if the advice is
Needed by the officers and members of
the Local Alliances, there will be no
difficulty in the purchasing and deliv-
ering of all machinery, twine and coal
that the Alliances may want. ! shall
forward you blank orders in time to be
filled by you so that your goods may
reach you on time. I would also call
the attention of school directors Of this
Territory to this coal deal and will be
glad to fill their orders at bottem prices.
| The orders for ccal even at this early
date reaches into the thousands Of tons
and in order that there will be no fail
ure the earlier have the orders the
better arrangements can be made for
shipping. Local Alliances should have
their annual dues all paid. l ami
Respectfully yours
y. b. WOLGEMUTH,
Purchasing Agent Farmers Alliance
with Headquarters at Aberdeen un-
til after harvest.
NO PASSES, NO PuFFs.
The interstate commerce bill, writes
Eugene Field in the Chicago News,
1 al,
road advertising rates, which we beg
to announce as follows:
1. Fer the setting forth the virtues
(actual OF. allegedN of presidents, gerer-
al managers or directors, So per line
for the first insertion, and 81 fer each
subsequent Insertion.